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NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2013, 4 (6), P. 834–843 THE EFFECT OF FULLERENE C ON THE MECHANICAL AND DIELECTRICAL BEHAVIOR OF EPOXY RESINS AT LOW LOADING D. V. Pikhurov , V. V. Zuev National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 49 Kronverkskiy pr., 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Bolshoi pr., 199004 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation firus07@rambler.ru, zuev@hq.macro.ru PACS 81.07.Lb Fullerene C / epoxy polymers nanocomposites with different C loadings (0.01-0.12 wt.%) have been prepared. Mechanical testing shows that compared with the neat epoxy, the mechanical and toughening properties of the composites are greatly improved. The addition of fullerene C increased the modulus of the epoxy (up to 20 %), but the glass transition temperature was unaffected. The measured impact strength was also increased, from 38 to 115 kJ/m with the addition of 0.12 wt.% of fullerene C . The toughening mechanism has been discussed. Dielectric spectroscopy was used to investigate the influence of nanoparticles on the relaxation processes in the polymer matrix. Keywords: epoxy resins, fullerene C , nanocomposites, mechanical properties; dielectric spectroscopy; relaxation processes. 1. Introduction Epoxy resins are widely used in high performance applications, such as structural ad- hesives, composite materials and microelectronics encapsulants. Unfortunately, most of these resins are inherently brittle. The fracture toughness of an unmodified epoxy